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. >> rose: he was at the whitehouse. >> was at the whitehouse and still is. >> rose: the other question that comes that has to do with this book the richness of some of the things you have learned like the conversation between the president of egypt mubarak and the president of the united states. when the president of egypt was under intense pressure to leave. >> that's right. and the debate that took place inside the whitehouse, charlie, was how hard do you push mubarak out. and you had a faction led by hillary clinton and bob gates the defense secretary at the time, you don't want to push president mubarak out until you have a pretty good understanding of what's going to follow. you know, what gates always used to say before he left washington is the question, the three words never heard in washington enough and then what, okay. and he raised that same issue i think when you spoke to him a few weeks ago. in this case, the and then what looked pretty scary to them. there was a younger group within the whitehouse that could imagine themselves in tahrir square with those students. and th
. >> rose: he was at the whitehouse. >> was at the whitehouse and still is. >> rose: the other question that comes that has to do with this book the richness of some of the things you have learned like the conversation between the president of egypt mubarak and the president of the united states. when the president of egypt was under intense pressure to leave. >> that's right. and the debate that took place inside the whitehouse, charlie, was how hard do you push mubarak...
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.>> ose: we called the obamians, the struggle inde the whitehouse to definemerican power. indatoas moreacly tailof foreignicy in the fit uple yes s stadminion. than grge bhorce beyond h. in otherords, just about everybody in the admintration changes at the top levels. thers almt no one othern hillary cln unr ama who were before. but m and his whitehous aides e thontinuy and itreally is obama ling down the strategy. >> aon sork, jf daniels, emilmoim andam when we continue.icatio from o studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: aaron sorkinis perhaps be own for his icic telision d the we wi, i was 27 seasons and w emease. won a script forhe social network and nominad for another moneall. he returns to television about challenges of repoing the news,alled t ne room. here is the trailer f the news om. >> this is news night i'm beginning ts newscast by apolizing to the aerican people for failure of th prograduringhe time i've been in char of what wfailede myer we tk a de for the ratings. i'm quittingircuits and i'm going with the guys who are getting creamed. >> wel
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but him and his whitehouse aides are the continuity and it really is obama laying down the strategy. >> aaron sorkin, jeff daniels, emily mortimer and james mann when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: aaron sorkin is perhaps best known for his iconic television drama the west wing, it was 27 seasons and won emease. he won a script for the social network and nominated for another moneyball. he returns to television about challenges of reporting the news, called the news room. here is the trailer for the news room. >> this is news night. i'm beginning this newscast by apologizing to the american people for failure of this program during the time i've been in charge of it. what we failed is in the mystery. we took a dive for the tings. i'm quitting circuits and switching tes. i'm going with the guys who are getting creamed. >> welcome to news 92.0. this is the news show. >> they're very young out there. >> this is what you can be badly at. >> this is george's country. >> you thought the russians inv
but him and his whitehouse aides are the continuity and it really is obama laying down the strategy. >> aaron sorkin, jeff daniels, emily mortimer and james mann when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: aaron sorkin is perhaps best known for his iconic television drama the west wing, it was 27 seasons and won emease. he won a script for the social network and nominated for another moneyball. he...
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whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. when you say: thank you very much -- mr. whitehouse: thank you very much, mr. president. 2 has become a sort of -- it has become a sort of personal tradition of mine to come to the floor each week to report on the status of our -- the dangers to our earth and to our climate from the relentless carbon pollution that we have to face. and this is a bellwether week. this is our first week back in session in the senate since our break last, and during that time, we have had a first and that is reports from the atmospheric measuring stations that the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere broke 400 parts per million. the "christian science monitor" has reported on this, stating, "monitoring stations across the arctic this spring are measuring more than 400 parts per million of the heat-trapping gas, carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. the number isn't quite a surprise because it's been rising at an accelerating pace. years ago it
whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. when you say: thank you very much -- mr. whitehouse: thank you very much, mr. president. 2 has become a sort of -- it has become a sort of personal tradition of mine to come to the floor each week to report on the status of our -- the dangers to our earth and to our climate from the relentless carbon pollution that we have to face. and this is a bellwether week. this is our first week back in session in the...
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whitehouse: thank you very much, madam president. we are -- one, two, three, four, five, six, including yourself, the senator from new york -- on the floor today on the majority time to discuss the jammed bipartisan senate highway bill. i just heard my wonderful colleague from georgia talk about how we're doing nothing and america is languishing. well, one of the things we're doing nothing on is passing a highway bill, which should not be complicated. but it is jammed up by the house republicans. as a result people in rhode island and elsewhere are suffering and i will be here throughout our majority period, and let me -- i think the distinguished senator from minnesota and new hampshire were here first, so let me yield to them first for a few moments each. ms. klobuchar: i first want to thank the senator from rhode island for his leadership in bringing us all together today. we have to get this transportation bill done. this is a bill that passed the united states senate with 74 votes, so we are here today to say to our colleagues o
whitehouse: thank you very much, madam president. we are -- one, two, three, four, five, six, including yourself, the senator from new york -- on the floor today on the majority time to discuss the jammed bipartisan senate highway bill. i just heard my wonderful colleague from georgia talk about how we're doing nothing and america is languishing. well, one of the things we're doing nothing on is passing a highway bill, which should not be complicated. but it is jammed up by the house...
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whitehouse: thank you, madam president. it is one thing, madam president, to say things and it is another to say things that are true, so let us review some of the things that have been said on the floor of the senate today in the context of this discussion. one of my colleagues said that this rule which will for the first time require our power plants to meet mercury emission standards that other industries have had to meet and have successfully met for years, that that is now coming on, to use his words, too far and too fast, too far and too fast. the clean air act was passed 30 years ago, and specific to this, in the year 2000, e.p.a. began the process that has culminated in this rule, determining that it would be -- quote -- "appropriate and necessary to have a rule on this kind of hazardous air pollution being admitted by -- emitted by power plants. so here we are in 2012 and we're being told that it is too fast that utilities are obliged to comply with a program that was first announced as appropriate and necessary in
whitehouse: thank you, madam president. it is one thing, madam president, to say things and it is another to say things that are true, so let us review some of the things that have been said on the floor of the senate today in the context of this discussion. one of my colleagues said that this rule which will for the first time require our power plants to meet mercury emission standards that other industries have had to meet and have successfully met for years, that that is now coming on, to...
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whitehouse: mr. president might i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president last december the environmental protection agency finalized a rule called the mercury air toxics standard for power plants. this rule is important and it was long, long, long overdue. many americans might not realize that before last december there were no federal standards for mercury or the other toxic air pollution pouring out of our nation's power plants. 32 years ago -- 32 years ago -- congress directed e.p.a. to limit toxic air pollution from all big polluting industries. in response, e.p.a. set standards for nearly 100 industries across our nation. however, until december there were no such standards for the utility industry. the biggest source of mercury arsenic and other toxic air pollution in the country. now there are standards in place. estimated to the provide $ $3 to $9 of health and economic benefits for every $1 invested in pollution con
whitehouse: mr. president might i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: mr. president last december the environmental protection agency finalized a rule called the mercury air toxics standard for power plants. this rule is important and it was long, long, long overdue. many americans might not realize that before last december there were no federal standards for mercury or the other toxic air pollution pouring out of our nation's...
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whitehouse: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, the senate adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, june 26, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, that the first hour of debate be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the republicans controlling the first half and the majority controlling the final half, and that the senate recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. further that at 2:15 p.m. there be six hours and 15 minutes of debate remaining postcloture on the motion to concur in the house message to accompany s. 3187, the f.d.a. bill, with two hours under the control of senator harkin, four hours under the control of senator burr and 15 minutes under the control of senator paul. the presiding officer: without objec
whitehouse: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, the senate adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, june 26, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, that the first hour of debate be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the republicans controlling the...
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jay carney will be doing his press briefing today at 12:30 at the whitehouse. i will be there representing all of you when we come back bill burton from priorities u.s.a. supporting president obama with a new ad out. he will tell us all about it right here and ryan griffin from huffington post all in the next hour. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. good to see you today. it is wednesday june 13th. hello, and welcome. welcome to the full-court press here on current tv where we tackle the big stories of the day and take your calls at 866, 55 press and mitt romney, he is at it again says the federal government has nothing to do with hiring or firing teachers or firefighters but he is only wrong by billions and billions and billions of dollars. once again, well get into that and a lot more on today's full-court press. today's news update. good morning, jacki. >> good morning, jacki. good morning everybody. president obama is having a difficult time convincing independent he has the right plan for the economy moving forward. >> that's a
jay carney will be doing his press briefing today at 12:30 at the whitehouse. i will be there representing all of you when we come back bill burton from priorities u.s.a. supporting president obama with a new ad out. he will tell us all about it right here and ryan griffin from huffington post all in the next hour. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. good to see you today. it is wednesday june 13th. hello, and welcome. welcome to the full-court press here...
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sheldon whitehouse read the same books, so we put this bill together. i couldn't be happier. could i not only not go home and say we did this good thing for the gulf of mexico and everyone came together and helped us in our time of need, but i could also look at our great friends from other parts of the country and say there is a portion in here for the oceans. so that's how the bill came to the floor, and one of my proudest days of my 16 years here in the senate was when this senate voted under the leadership of senator boxer and myself and senator shelby, voted for this bill, the restore act, with 76 votes. i don't think the transportation bill itself just got 76 votes. just to show you how difficult it is to get 76 votes. other than just, you know, immaterial items, it's hard to get 76 votes for apple pie and mother's day greetings. but we got 76 votes, and i was so proud. not only was it the right thing to do, a great help to the region that i help to represent, but also i thought very fair with the inclusion also of the land and water that was not part of restore but an
sheldon whitehouse read the same books, so we put this bill together. i couldn't be happier. could i not only not go home and say we did this good thing for the gulf of mexico and everyone came together and helped us in our time of need, but i could also look at our great friends from other parts of the country and say there is a portion in here for the oceans. so that's how the bill came to the floor, and one of my proudest days of my 16 years here in the senate was when this senate voted...
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no briefing at the whitehouse today. jay carney will gaggle as they call it, to reporters on board air force one. the big news, supreme court decision led by john roberts yesterday saying no, mitt romney. yes, american people. the affordable care act is constitutional, and it shall stand. >> this is the bill press show. what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a taste my family loves. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> good morning, everybody. happy friday. it is friday june 29th. welcome to the full-court press here on current tv bringing you all of the latest stories and there is one big story we have been covering from every angle and will continue to do so. a supreme court. a big victory for the american people. a big victory for millions of american families who could not afford health insurance before but now thing. that was yesterday's supreme court decision led by chief justice don roberts -- john roberts upholding the affordable ca
no briefing at the whitehouse today. jay carney will gaggle as they call it, to reporters on board air force one. the big news, supreme court decision led by john roberts yesterday saying no, mitt romney. yes, american people. the affordable care act is constitutional, and it shall stand. >> this is the bill press show. what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a taste my family loves. [ ♪ theme...
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whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, let me first thank the distinguished senator from illinois for his determined efforts and my senior colleague in this body, senator jack reed, for his determined efforts to try to get to a resolution that will prevent the student loan interest rates from doubling. i'm here today to speak about another problem in which something very important to ordinary americans is also being jammed up as a result of obstruction and intransigence. and in my case it is the highway bill. we had a march 31 deadline, the house and the senate, to get a highway bill done. the national did its job. we -- the senate did its job. the house did not do its job. they failed to get a highway bill done. let me point out that we've been doing highway bills in congress back since the eisenhower administration, and this is not rocket science. so it is telling that the body at the other end of this building could not get a highway and bridge bill done by the march 31 deadline. so what did
whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, let me first thank the distinguished senator from illinois for his determined efforts and my senior colleague in this body, senator jack reed, for his determined efforts to try to get to a resolution that will prevent the student loan interest rates from doubling. i'm here today to speak about another problem in which something very important to ordinary americans is also being...
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whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, in light of the -- first of all, may i ask permission that the pending quorum call be lifted? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: madam president, i wanted to, in light of the supreme court's decision on the affordable care act, come to the floor today to bring just a few rhode island voices into the discussion that is taking place. one is a man in providence, rhode island, named greg who has a 16-year-old son. his son is named will. will has cystic fibrosis. that requires will to spend several hours every day undergoing the treatment that that dreadful disease requires. he sees a specialist four times a year to monitor the disease. he has daily prescriptions and treatments, and will and his father without this bill were looking at two problems. one, denial of coverage because will's cystic fibrosis was a preexisting condition, and two, lifetime caps. for people like will all around the country, this has been a real blessing because l
whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, in light of the -- first of all, may i ask permission that the pending quorum call be lifted? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: madam president, i wanted to, in light of the supreme court's decision on the affordable care act, come to the floor today to bring just a few rhode island voices into the discussion that is taking place. one is a man in...
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president obama is giving a little -- getting a little late start at the whitehouse. he won't get to the presidential daily briefing until noon. i hope he gets to sleep in a little bit or work out relax a little bit. then he has a private lunch in the private dining room with the crowned prince for abu dabai, mohammad binzayed. he will attend a campaign event at the jefferson hotel at 16th street in washington, d.c. tonight, welcoming members of congress, republicans and democrats to the white house south lawn. is it should be a beautiful night for the annual congressional picnic. jay carney back in the briefing schedule today will have a briefing today at 12:30. i will be there rep 'senting all of you. joe williams coming up next. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> hey, good morning, everybody. it's wednesday june 27th. good to see you today. welcome to the full-court press. your new morning show on current tv, the online progressive morning show anywhere on cable t.v. in this entire country. we have a lot to talk about this morning, very exci
president obama is giving a little -- getting a little late start at the whitehouse. he won't get to the presidential daily briefing until noon. i hope he gets to sleep in a little bit or work out relax a little bit. then he has a private lunch in the private dining room with the crowned prince for abu dabai, mohammad binzayed. he will attend a campaign event at the jefferson hotel at 16th street in washington, d.c. tonight, welcoming members of congress, republicans and democrats to the white...
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held a little brief news conference, made a statement, took some questions in the briefing room at the whitehouse where he made a statement that mitt romney immediately jumped on. this is what the president said about the economy: >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year along. the private sector is doing fine. that was -- that was immediately leaped on by mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the oval office president obama clarified his remark: >> it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine. >> that's the reason i had the press conference. >> now, what was the president saying? i will tell you what he was saying. he was telling the truth for one thing. it is true. compared -- what he was saying is, compared to the public sector, the private sector is doing fine. 44.3 million new jobs in the private sector. 27 months straight of new job garote, positive job growth in the private sector. last month, there were only 69,000 new jobs created but those were jobs created in the private sector. at t
held a little brief news conference, made a statement, took some questions in the briefing room at the whitehouse where he made a statement that mitt romney immediately jumped on. this is what the president said about the economy: >> we created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year along. the private sector is doing fine. that was -- that was immediately leaped on by mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the...
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whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, before i embark on my own remarks, let me say how pleased i am to have the chance to follow the senator from illinois. i have had the chance, madam president, to preside in the senate as you are doing now on several occasions and to be present on the senate floor on other occasions when senator durbin has come to the floor to speak about the dream act and his passion for the opportunity that it provides to young people who are here in this country through no fault of their own, who know no other home in the world and who will one day be great americans, people that will be leaders and performers and experts and scientists and really provide great value to our country. i'm delighted that he is doing it again. his persistence matches his passion, and finally with the president's decision the other day, it's beginning to reap some rewards, and i hope more to come in the future, and i congratulate the senator from illinois. my remarks -- and i'd like to ask un
whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, before i embark on my own remarks, let me say how pleased i am to have the chance to follow the senator from illinois. i have had the chance, madam president, to preside in the senate as you are doing now on several occasions and to be present on the senate floor on other occasions when senator durbin has come to the floor to speak about the dream act and his passion for the...
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>> i was in a briefing about a week or so ago at the whitehouse where they sort of generally said they thought a lot of the bill would survive without the mandate. the question is: what happens to states that have already started to put some of these practices into place? what is amazing is that the republicans are attacking the mandate, first of all, because it's their idea. this is their idea. healthcare reform 10 years ago was a mandate. >> a cost containment measure. >> they are for it before obama was for it. >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> lost their idea. and said we better come up with something else. >> it was sold by the insurance companibs companies and the heritage foundation as a cost containment measure. >> this is the cost that con conservative movement has and if you wanted to control costs which everybody recognizes you have to control healthcare cost if you have any hope of controlling the budget, this is one of the ways to do that. >> your maintainer point is that they say that the substance of the law survives even without the individual mandate? >> yeah. i think the num
>> i was in a briefing about a week or so ago at the whitehouse where they sort of generally said they thought a lot of the bill would survive without the mandate. the question is: what happens to states that have already started to put some of these practices into place? what is amazing is that the republicans are attacking the mandate, first of all, because it's their idea. this is their idea. healthcare reform 10 years ago was a mandate. >> a cost containment measure. >>...
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whitehouse: thank you very much. i come before the senate today to speak about a number, a number that has a particular significance for us here. that number is 400. why is 400 an important number at this point in our history? what's important about 400 is that it is the number of parts per million of carbon dioxide that has been measured this spring in the arctic. it's a first. we've never hit 400 before. for 8,000 centuries mankind has inhabited this planet within an atmospheric carbon dioxide range of 190 to hundred parts per million. that's been the range. that's the bandwidth that we've lived within. how long it's is 800,000 years? it's a pretty darn long time. i don't think there are any artifacts that go more than 200,000 years. if you go 10,000 years, you only see the beginnings of agriculture, people scratching the soil and planting things. so longer than our species has effectively inhabited this earth we've been in this happy bandwidth that has supported our lives, has supported congenial climate for human
whitehouse: thank you very much. i come before the senate today to speak about a number, a number that has a particular significance for us here. that number is 400. why is 400 an important number at this point in our history? what's important about 400 is that it is the number of parts per million of carbon dioxide that has been measured this spring in the arctic. it's a first. we've never hit 400 before. for 8,000 centuries mankind has inhabited this planet within an atmospheric carbon...
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whitehouse: may i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: we are wise in this chamber to reflect with reverence and gratitude on those who risked their lives fighting to establish this great republic. today i would like to recognize and celebrate the 240th anniversary of one of the earliest acts of defiance against the british crown in our american struggle for independence. most americans remember the boston tea party as one of the major events building up to the american revolution. i see the pages in front of me looking -- nodding knowledgeably, yes, i do know about that boston tea party. we learned that story of the spirited bostonnians, literally spirited bostonnians, i'm told, clambering onto the decks of the east india company ships and dumping tea into boston harbor to protest british taxation without representation. however, there is a milestone on the path to the revolutionary
whitehouse: may i ask that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i ask to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: we are wise in this chamber to reflect with reverence and gratitude on those who risked their lives fighting to establish this great republic. today i would like to recognize and celebrate the 240th anniversary of one of the earliest acts of defiance against the british crown in...